Where You’ll Work
Founded in 1873, Dignity Health - Mercy Medical Center is a 186-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Merced, California. Serving over 150,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, heart care, the Mercy Cancer Center, and a family birth center. Additionally, Merced Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.
One Community. One Mission. One California
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.
- Conducts comprehensive, developmentally and culturally appropriate patient assessments (infant through geriatric), identifying risks (falls, skin breakdown, infection) and developing individualized nursing care plans in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team
- Deliver care that honors patients' religious, cultural, linguistic, and family preferences; coordinate interpreter and translation services and ensure compliance with EMTALA, COBRA, and Advance Directive policies
- Carry out nursing interventions and hospital protocols through hourly rounds, prioritize care across the healthcare team, and accurately document all patient records, including medication reconciliation and discharge planning
- Continuously evaluate patient progress and update individualized care plans each shift, closely monitoring patients receiving bedside procedures or post-operative care
- Provide tailored education on diagnoses, treatments, and discharge instructions using approved materials and language patients can understand, ensuring smooth transitions of care
- Maintains 95%+ accuracy in chart documentation and care plan reviews, upholds hospital policies, and ensures zero valid complaints related to patient rights, privacy, or care coordination
Job Requirements
Required
- Completion of New Graduate Nurse Residency Program. or
- Minimum of one (1) year experience in Critical Care, Step Down, Telemetry setting, Medical/Surgical
- Registered Nurse: CA
- Basic Life Support (BLS) - CPR
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - CPR
- Completion of Critical Care Course for RN without previous ICU experience within twelve (12) months
- Trauma Nurse Core Course, within eighteen (18) months
- Must be able to float to other areas and work on weekends as required
Preferred
- Critical RN Adult/Neonatal/Pediatric/Acute
- Bilingual
- Advanced EKG course
Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.